Weld County police cruisers meant to be on streets at night

I see a lot of Sheriff’s cruisers in front of houses every night. A lot of times they never move from the spot even overnight. What are those deputies doing? Are they allowed to keep their patrol cars when they go home?

Margie Martinez, spokeswoman for the Weld County Sheriff’s Department, said deputies are required to take their patrol cars with them when they are not on duty. This typically means that for four straight days, the deputies can have their cars in front of their homes when they are off. Martinez said she’s glad you’re seeing such things. Deputies are only supposed to use their vehicles for official business, however, and that they have found that deputies having their patrol cars increases response time in their patrol areas.

The FunPlex is not safe for parents’ children to be out there, as they don’t have the security. I was talking to the manager out there, and he says he had employees in the bathroom every hour. I think don’t that’s a sufficient time when it’s adult swim and the children are in the bathroom. I just wanted everybody to know in Greeley how safe they are when a 9-year-old gets beat up by two 15-year-olds. My son was beat up. They didn’t even comment about it or nothing. It was just really ridiculous.

Ken D’Amato, Greeley Leisure Services director, said the staff at the Family FunPlex does walk-throughs often through the locker room, but can’t have cameras observing activity in the locker rooms. Staff does monitor through cameras in all other parts of the FunPlex, D’Amato said. “We can’t catch everything,” D’Amato said, though he added that staff tried to rectify the woman’s concerns.

Bob Adams, Greeley recreation superintendent, said police were called and the woman gave her statements to them, though the boys couldn’t be positively identified through other cameras at the FunPlex. If the children come back, staff is instructed to notify the proper authorities to their presence. Adams added that staff walks through the locker room much more often during adult swim.

There’s a woman who is taking advantage of the Weld County Housing Authority’s help, and county staff has told me they can’t go in and find out if she’s breaking the rules in having another person live with her. Moreover, officials told me they don’t have the staff to do investigations about who is sleeping in there. What can be done?

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Tom Texeira, executive director of Greeley/Weld County Housing Authority, said when people apply for housing help, they pay 30 cents on every dollar that come into the household in rent. The family is supposed to be the only people living in the house, and if someone else lives there, it counts against the rent as well. Essentially, the money the new household member makes means more rent for the person and their family. Texeira said it’s difficult to prove when a boyfriend or girlfriend moves into the home because the authority doesn’t have the staff to do investigations. The authority does send out letters telling residents to resolve the situation before other action is taken.

A Greeley resident was recently contacted by phone by people looking to make her pay taxes or a “handling fee” on a $1.3 million prize they said she had won. This is a scam. Never believe people when they ask you to pay “taxes” on money they say you’ve won, especially when you haven’t entered anything or if you have to pay any money to enter into a fake contest.

There has been an increase in this activity lately, so use common sense; if it sounds too good to be true, it probably is.